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Reaction continues to Eliot Spitzerâ€™s comparison of upstate New York to poverty-rich Appalachia.Â Today Mayor Clem Grunt of Dirt Holler, West Virginia said he was â€œtorqued-offâ€ by the Attorney Generalâ€™s statements, and considers it an insult to his region to be compared to upstate New York.Â â€œEveryone knows upstate is the most pathetic, bombed-out, desperately poor section of the whole U.S. of A.Â How dare he suggest weâ€™re as hopelessly mired in poverty as the abandoned losers up there?â€ said Grunt.Â The Mayor also threatened to drive to Albany to personally confront Spitzer as soon as his 1983 Dodge K Car gets out of the shop.

Building on its idea to tax property owners for the value of trees they donâ€™t cut down and sell, the state Legislature is reportedly trying to figure out how to tax money you have dreamed of making, but have not actually earned.

And finally, GE says there will a further delay in the start of the Hudson River dredging project because a dog ate its master plan, and they have to start from scratch.

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